“Natural talents begin to blossom early, but they get nipped in the bud by what I call "the parent, the peer group… — Janet, Bray Attwood Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless, in the field of second and foreign language teaching, behaviorist pedagogy—i.e., direct instruction in various forms—maintains a large following, which seems… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
When professors expect a few dozen students and hundreds show up, it's a mixed blessing. While it's a testament to their popularity,… — Parker Conrad Copy Share Image
“EDUCATION TEACHES US HOW TO THINK, INTELLIGENCE HOW TO QUESTION, AND OUR MORALITY WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT WE KNOW. BE WARY… — Mark T. Barnes Copy Share Image
When I recall my teachers at school, I realise that half of them were abnormal. . . . We pupils of old… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Back in the day, when I was a university professor, I used to teach a class in Human Anatomy and Physiology. This… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
I think the best teachers had a real interest in the subject they were teaching and a love for children. Some of… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
“I feel more passionate about the teaching side of my job than I have ever been, because it’s so important to convince… — Andrea Ghez Copy Share Image
Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
In roughly the last century, important experiments have been launched by such charismatic educators as Maria Montessori, Rudolf Steiner, Shinichi Suzuki, John… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
My father didn't do a lot of direct education. My mother was the direct educator. She would put on these movies on… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
And so whether it's failing to move forward on the Dream Act, failing to move forward on putting teachers back to work,… — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
“There has never been upon the earth a generation of free men and women. It is not yet time to write a… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Professors will lecture with more inspiration if they occasionally alternate the classroom with the beach: authors will write better when, as Macaulay… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Educators need to know what happens in the world of the children with whom they work. They need to know the universe… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Some teachers had been trained to work out at Southern because I carried two out there. I carried a lady down here… — Charles Phillips Copy Share Image
Being in class and you take something that belongs to the teacher as a joke and they don't realize it until you… — LaJuneJean Copy Share Image
I'd listened to my colleagues in the teachers' lunchroom. I could tell they were passionate, fired-up people who had great ideas for… — Charles Best Copy Share Image
The most successful teachers in low-income communities operate like successful leaders. They establish a vision of where their students will be performing… — Wendy Kopp Copy Share Image
“Carol Ann Tomlinson is the educator who first pushed us to think about the range of learners in our classroom, shift our… — Clare Landrigan Copy Share Image
Amazon is certainly not a perfect company. However, doctors, teachers, engineers, journalists, politicians, and labor unions are also on a continuum of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
When I was young, I read everything I could lay my hands on, but the Scots in my storybooks spent their time… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
I tell adults about the experiences of more than a hundred teachers I've interviewed. They tell me that allowing the child to… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
Five," she said. Her lips and cheeks were flushed, but her gaze was steady. "Five?" Gabriel echoed blankly. "My rating," she said,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I sometimes say I am the extinguished professor, because what I'd really like to be is the postdoc, to have that kind… — Sydney Brenner Copy Share Image
Let the awe [the teacher] has upon [children's] minds be so tempered with the constant marks of tenderness and good will, that… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I feel that very strongly: having been an academic, having been tempted by the invitation to stay on to become a Ph.D.,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
"Teachers"... treat students neither coercively nor instrumentally but as joint seekers of truth and of mutual actualization. They help students define moral… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
I have a true aversion to teaching. The perennial business of a professor of mathematics is only to teach the ABC of… — Carl Friedrich Gauss Copy Share Image
“What grade does she teach?” “Eighth. Where kids make the jump from nice, innocent kids to something a lot more complicated and… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Our teachers are incredibly hardworking and dedicated professionals. Having to deal with unruly pupils and disruption on a daily basis adds to… — Gavin Williamson Copy Share Image
When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
I had gotten a master's degree in administration supervision with it in mind that I would some day be a professor, then… — Lee Corso Copy Share Image
A word of advice, though. This won't be the last time you have to deal with something in life that throws you… — Tammara Webber Copy Share Image
I trained as a writer before I became a lawyer. I was headed for a life as an English professor, but that… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“It quickly became apparent that to Mr. K, there was no such thing as an untalented kid—just a kid who didn’t work… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist,… — Brian Michael Bendis Copy Share Image